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The Going Out Gurus had the skinny yesterday on why popular downtown lunch spot The Breadline got temporarily shut down by the D.C. Dept. of Health at the end of last week:

“Operating without a valid license, operating with incorrect hot and cold holding temps for potentially hazardous foods that do not comply with the food code and could not be corrected at the time of the inspection. Failing to minimize the presence of vermin on the premises and operating a food establishment with circumstances that may endanger the public health.”

Not exactly minor violations, so it’s no wonder they were shut down.

A Breadline spokesperson told the Washington Business Journal they would be closed for repairs for about a week. City Paper’s Tim Carman has since posted the entire Health Dept. inspection report over at Young & Hungry.